Relationships
Questions and Answers
When we love God, we make and strive to keep our sacred covenants. I testify that living gospel commandments brings anyone untold blessings, allowing us to become our very best selves—exactly who God wants us to be.
“To Me He Doth Not Stink”: Advocacy and Love
God will guide us as we develop our advocacy skills, and He will provide us with opportunities to be advocates for His children.
Stand Up Straight, Smile, and Remember Who You Are
I testify that if you seek help and invite others into your life, then your life will be fuller, your success will be more meaningful, and you will find peace.
Life Connected
When we apply the gospel to all aspects of our life, we stay true to ourselves and connected to our purpose for living.
Getting and Staying Connected
In what at first may seem ironic, our choosing to bind or connect with heaven frees and empowers us to become all that we possibly can in this life and the next through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
“Yea, They May Forget, Yet Will I Not Forget Thee”
The creator actively remembers His creation. Closely linked to His remembrance of us is the loving attention associated with it. He not only remembers you; He cares deeply about where you are, what you are doing, who you are becoming, and what you are feeling.
“Therefore Ye Are No More Strangers and Foreigners”
Our challenge then is to overcome our natural-man reluctance to interact with those who come from different languages, dialects, and cultural backgrounds and to treat them as no more strangers but actual, or potential, fellow citizens with the Saints in the household of God.
Learning Eternal Truths Through Our Relationships with Others
Much of my time here at BYU is spent teaching students how to build therapeutic relationships. Over the years I have come to realize that there isn’t much to do with the gospel that isn’t about relationships—either our relationships with Heavenly Father and the Savior or with our fellowmen.
A Gospel of Relationships
When we learn to love each other and have respect for our different abilities, we prepare ourselves to live in a celestial order. Each person edifies the other, and then the whole can become a Zion society.
Empathy and the Pure Love of Christ
Empathy is an essential ingredient for all positive interpersonal relationships. If we couldn’t at least imagine what it feels like to be in someone else’s shoes or skin, we wouldn’t be able to connect; we would live our lives in isolation.
Change: It’s Always a Possibility!
His desire is for you to change, to have a change of heart, a change of nature, and to, over time, completely cast off the natural man.
The Tie That Binds
I appreciate my mother, who represents today the epitome of this topic. In listening to the devotional speakers over the past few weeks, I have been struck by the counsel given us and the noticeable theme that threads its way through the messages—the importance of bringing together two concepts that at other times and places have received individual attention: faith and reason, head and heart, parents and children, savings and…
Lessons That Have Helped Me
"This is your time to prepare, to develop character, to increase your faith. I have great confidence in you and your ability to figure out the future."
“Taking Sweet Counsel”
"We should learn to tolerate those we disagree with, and to honor them, as God demonstrated in his councils. We must learn not to honor sin, but to honor people attempting to understand and apply truth."
The Streams of Your Life
Someone has likened each of our lives to a mighty river as it flows to the sea. It is the product of many streams—some large, some small … I thank God for the streams, clear and pure, that have influenced my life;
Little Things Count
Every little thing, whether it be thought or action, culminates into the big things in our lives. Both our temporal actions and spiritual decisions will impact our eternal destiny.
The Gospel and Romantic Love
Romantic love is pure, sacred, and central to the gospel. It is because of, not in spite of, that fact that we must treat it carefully.
Ten Keys to Successful Dating and Marriage Relationships
I know of nothing worthwhile in life that comes easy. However, nothing in life is as valuable as a strong marriage and a secure family. I am speaking to all who want their future marriages to succeed.